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  1. Walking in the steps of Adam Smith tomorrow for BBC Radio Scotland. James Buchan & Amartya Sen as my handholds. It Must Not RAIN.
  2. Yes, u gotta hear my new record, Hue & Cry -Xmasday http://3.ly/hcry But God, Open Soul sounds GOOD on Spotify http://bit.ly/2fVn7U
  3. Looks like essential exchange: Alex Steffen on what's wrong with Transition Towns, and an expert response http://icio.us/3dxgxs
  4. @billt Recallin my summer train job 1982, browbeatin tired workies. At end, oldtimer gave me B Seale's SeizeTheTime. Said: 'Pass it on'.
  5. Moment of Pain: leavn £10 of LRB & NewLeftReview on Glasgow platform. Moment of Joy: they might now be in *exactly the right hands*
  6. Brown does good, backs transaction/Tobin tax on capital flows. But Geithner objects. Obama, walk yr talk! http://bit.ly/cgUKC
  7. FINALLY grok Jay-Z on BBC2's Later: yep, Sinatraesque. Foo Fighters boring, Norah Jones poppy/sexy, Der Schtingel arrogant/pish.
  8. Capellia. Daughter. Pill box hat. All that amazing mix of discipline and grace. 1 glass of red. 16 yrs of ballet watching in total. S'good.
  9. "I look at this drama/Of ill-fated karma/Of people in patterns of blame..." 'Players of Games', Hue&Cry, Xmasday, buy! http://3.ly/hcry
  10. 'The truth we find/Is All Men Kind/When they're on the floor, with stuff to do..." Hue & Cry, Xmasday, out now http://3.ly/hcry
  11. 'She's just a blur as she's comin thru/She's near 2 chaos but aimed at u/She's a spinning top...' Hue & Cry, Xmasday http://3.ly/hcry
  12. 'We free kings come a-stumblin' homewards/A half-day late, only one phone between us...' Hue And Cry, Xmasday http://3.ly/hcry
  13. 'Auntie Claus hit the door & landed in my life/A poison cloud of Capstan & a voice like sharpened knives' H&C, Xmasday http://3.ly/hcry
  14. On Start The Week, when they talkin 2 The Artist, & she/he starts whining about "My Work", I'm off... All hail iPhone Fine Scrub...
  15. New Hue&Cry concept album, Xmasday, is out http://www.hueandcry.co.uk It's Rolf+Stevie+new+trad+lotsa P.L.A.Y. - peace, love and YOU...
  16. Oldie but goodie: Andre Gorz's advice to trade unionists on how to get beyond "economic reason" http://icio.us/mruypz
  17. Hoping to visit these people in New York - Katie Salen's primary school for gamers http://icio.us/dqt10f
  18. Yes @leashless, saw Wertheim's knitted math-corals in Barbican 2 years ago http://j.mp/1SAyXs That it's a 'play-tank' is a Nice Idea.
  19. Overdue mainstream UK appreciation of Friedrich Schiller, the 'German Shakespeare', and seminal theorist of play http://icio.us/mr4zkn
  20. Happy joy, a new -ology: "hedonology". 'Yes, ma'am, I am indeed a 'hedonologist'. Would u like to see my---" Sniip!! http://icio.us/lxh2bo